A method for streaming a live video stream in a system comprising a video camera generating the live video stream, a video recorder, and a video. The method comprises: at the video server, receiving, from a client device, a request for the live video stream from the video camera; transmitting from the video server, a push trigger to the video camera, the push trigger instructing the video camera to push the live video stream to the video recorder; upon receiving the push trigger, initiating a push of the live video stream from the video camera to the video recorder; pushing the live video stream from the video camera to the video recorder; pulling, by the video server, the live video stream from the video recorder; and transmitting, by the video server, the live video stream to the client device.